[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 22.169 # 佛祖歷代通載 22.169 佛祖歷代通載 22.169 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.169) 佛法大智慧破一切有。以大圓覺攝一切空。以大慈悲度一切眾。始於不言而至於無所不言。無所不言而至於無言。夫道非言不傳。傳而不以言。則道在言語之外矣。是為佛法最上上乘。如以薪傳火薪盡而火不窮也。故世尊拈花迦葉微咲。一咲之頃超然獨得。尚何可以言語求哉。自摩訶迦葉。二十八傳而為菩提達磨。始入中國。居嵩山少林寺面壁坐者九年。達磨六傳而為能。能十傳為臨濟。臨濟生于曹州。遊學江右。事黃蘗問佛法的的大意。蘗便打。如是三問三度被打。辭往大愚。理前話云。不知過在甚麼處。愚曰。黃蘗恁麼老婆為汝得徹困。猶覓過在。師言下大悟歸鎮州築室滹沱河之上。今臨濟院是也。因號臨濟大師。師之於道。得大究竟。繇臨濟而上。至於諸佛。諸佛之下。至於臨濟。前聖後聖無間然矣。直指示人機若發矢。學者聞之耳目盡喪。表裏無據。自能後禪分為五。唯師所傳號為正宗。一傳為興化獎。再傳為南院顒。三傳為風穴沼。四傳為首山念。又五傳為五祖演。演傳天目齊。齊傳懶牛和。和傳竹林寶。寶傳竹林安。安傳海西堂容菴。容菴傳中和璋。璋傳海雲大宗師蕳公。海雲性與道合。心與法冥。細無不入。大無不包。師住臨濟院。能系祖傳以正道統。佛法蓋至此而中興焉。當。 > The great wisdom of the Buddha-Dharma shatters all existence. With great Complete Enlightenment, it encompasses all emptiness. With great compassion, it delivers all beings. It begins in non-speaking and extends to having nothing left unsaid; having nothing left unsaid, it returns to non-speaking. Now, the Way is not transmitted without words; yet being transmitted without relying on words, the Way lies beyond words. This is the utmost, supreme vehicle of the Buddha-Dharma, like transmitting fire with firewood: the firewood is exhausted, yet the fire never ends. Therefore, when the Bhagavān held up a flower, Kāśyapa gave a subtle smile. In the instant of a single smile, he transcended all and attained it alone—how, then, could it be sought in words? From Mahākāśyapa, after twenty-eight transmissions, it reached Bodhidharma, who first entered China, resided at Shaolin Temple on Mount Song, and sat facing the wall for nine years. Bodhidharma transmitted it through six generations to \[Hui\]neng. Neng transmitted it through ten generations to Linji. Linji was born in Caozhou and travelled to study in Jiangyou. He served Huangbo and asked about the plain, cardinal meaning of the Buddha-Dharma. Huangbo struck him immediately. He asked three times like this and was struck three times. Taking his leave, he went to Dayu and related the earlier conversation, saying, 'I do not know where my fault lay.' Dayu said, 'Huangbo was so grandmotherly toward you, thoroughly exhausting himself for your sake, and yet you still search for where the fault lies!' At these words, the Master had a great awakening. He returned to Zhenzhou and built a dwelling on the bank of the Hutuo River, which is the present Linji Cloister. Thus he was titled Great Master Linji. In the Way, the Master attained the great culmination. Ascending from Linji up to all Buddhas, and descending from all Buddhas down to Linji, the earlier sages and later sages are without any gap between them. He pointed directly to people, his dynamic function like the release of an arrow; when students heard it, their ears and eyes were completely confounded, leaving them nothing internal or external to rely on. After Neng, Chan divided into five houses; only what the Master transmitted is titled the Orthodox House. In the first transmission it passed to Xinghua Jiang; in the second transmission to Nanyuan Yong; in the third transmission to Fengxue Zhao; in the fourth transmission to Shoushan Nian; and after five more transmissions it reached Wuzu Yan. Yan transmitted it to Tianmu Qi; Qi transmitted it to Lanniu He; He transmitted it to Zhulin Bao; Bao transmitted it to Zhulin An; An transmitted it to Hai Xitang Rong'an; Rong'an transmitted it to Zhonghe Zhang; and Zhang transmitted it to the Great Chan Master Haiyun, the venerable Jian. Haiyun's nature united with the Way, and his mind merged with the Dharma; in minuteness there was nothing he did not enter, and in greatness there was nothing he did not contain. The Master resided at Linji Cloister, capable of continuing the ancestral transmission to rectify the lineage of the Way. Through this, the Buddha-Dharma was truly revived. When > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.168) - [Next: 22.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.170) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.22.169) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋鑑稽古略續集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2038.1.121) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.22.169) · Pramāṇa